Road-scraper



(No Model.)

L. DI YORK.

ROAD SGRAPER. I No. 251,683. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

LEVI D. YORK, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

ROAD-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,683, dated December2'7, 1881.

Application filed. September 6, 1881. (No model.)

Improvement-s relating to Road-Scrapers, of

which the following is a specification.

. What is here termed a road-scraper is the well-known implement forconveniently taking up and transporting sand and other loose earth 10.

to short distances by animal power, being simply drawn o'verthe groundand caused to scrape up earth at onepoint and to dump it at another. Itis important that thedevice be light,

strong, and cheap. I make the entire body of the scraper from a singlepiece of rolled steel or hard iron of proper thickness, the blank beingformed by cutting and. bending. I avoid cutting any portion of theblank. The bent or folded portion at the rear of the scoop-shapedstructure serves for attaching the handles.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, andrepresent what I consider the best mrans of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 shows the sheet of metal cut into proper shape for formin g thescraper, but before it is bent. The dotted linesindicate the directionin which it is bent up. Fig. 2 is a plan of the scraper; Fig 3, alongitudinal section; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same on asmaller scale.

Similarletters of reference indicatelike parts in all the figures.

The entire sheet before bending is marked A. A is the bottom and maineffective portion. B B are the bent-up portions which form the sides.Ois the bent-up portion which constitutes the back, and B G are foldedportions extending rearward from each side of the back. Holes cl arepunched or otherwise produced in the latter, and receive bolts orrivets,

which strongly and rigidly secure thereto suitable handles, E, by whichthe scraper is controlled by the attendant. The chain or otherattachment by which. it is drawn is indicated by m, and may be attachedin the ordinary manner.

The scraper serves in the ordinary manner, and performs its ordinaryfunctions. The great strength and lightness due to its manufacture froma single piece add materially to its usefulncss for repairing roads,digging cellars, and all the purposes for which this class of implementsis used.

The attachmentof the handles is unusually reliable, and in no wayinterferes with the uses of the device.

Modifications maybe made. The width and height relatively to the lengthmay be varied. The form of the outline of the structure may be modifiedwithin wide limits. The handles may be braced across. The point ofattachment of the chain in. may be varird.

I claim as my invention 1. A road-scraper formed from a single piece ofmetal by folding, as herein specified.

2. A road-scraper formed from rolled metal in a single piece withoutcutting and having the folded por.ions B 0 extending backward from thesides, in combination with the bandles h), as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Portsmouth, Ohio,this 2d day of September, 1881, in the presenceot' two subscribingwitnesses.

LEVI l). YORK.

\Vitnesses:

T1108. 0. ANDERSON, J. A. WARNER.

